Kat's heart started beating faster, and she just saw Kadyn hide. She was glad that Kadyn was safe, but she just didn't know what to do.
"Yo, girl, this your house?", one of the robbers said in a gruff voice. His hand rested on his gun.
Kat choked down the lump in her throat and nodded. The robber smiled evilly.
"Where's your folks?" the other one said.
Kat couldn't say anything, she was so scared that the two men would hurt her. The man shouted, "Answer me, girl!" Kat whispered, "My family's gone. All of them." The men laughed.
The first robber turned and opened her mother's jewelry box. He started to put the pearls and diamonds into his bag, but Kat shouted, "NO!" The other robber man jerked and pulled his gun out, aimed and said, "Girl, I'm gonna take whatever I want from here. Ya'll are rich." The man put down his arm and started digging around in the box. Kat shouted again, "NO!" and the second man raised his arm, aimed and pulled the trigger.
Kat dropped to the floor. In reality that man had horrible aim, and the bullet was wayy off. But she dropped so that the man thought she was dead. The two men thought they had killed her and ran off, not seeing Kadyn hiding on the front steps.
((don't worry, I'll live, I'll just be spooked. I hope this is okay.

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